"Now, the First Amendment generally protects your right to express yourself through your apparel, and if I were a judge, I'd like to think I wouldn't get upset about other people's clothing choices."

I'd like to think that I would be able to determine from the knucklehead's choice of shirt that he feels no remorse, intends to continue making poor choices, and probably doesn't have a strong desire to rehabilitate. He can make any statement he wants with his clothes but it would be prudent take cues like that into account when sentencing.

Just pretend you saw the "why not both" girl that I posted. It turned out to be an unfetchable URL but I never use preview because that's like training wheels. I'm balls to the wall all day, every day. Don't try to stop me. You'll just go down with me.

Rev. Skarekroe:F*ck that.It's the citizen's courtroom and we should be able to wear whatever the hell we want. Judges piss me the f*ck off.

The judge is there to *JUDGE* you. That is is job, and his legal obligation under the law. He has some discretion in sentencing, which we allow to account for circumstances. Otherwise, we could replace the judge for sentencing purposes with a computer program where the prosecutor simply enters the things you were convicted of, and it would calculate your sentence automatically based upon the strict word of the law.

Given that we don't use computers, but human beings versed in the law, why would you do something that would make him see you in the worse light possible?

FTA: T.J. Lane, the Ohio teenager convicted of killing three students at Chardon High School in 2012, looked appropriately buttoned-down when he arrived at his sentencing hearing earlier this year. Halfway through, though, he removed his collared shirt to reveal a white T-shirt on which he had hand-lettered the word "KILLER." The shirt wasn't even Lane's most antagonistic decision that day-when given the chance to make a statement, he turned to the crowd, flicked them off, and informed them that "This hand that pulled the trigger that killed your sons now masturbates to the memory. fark all of you."

Phil Clinton:FTA: T.J. Lane, the Ohio teenager convicted of killing three students at Chardon High School in 2012, looked appropriately buttoned-down when he arrived at his sentencing hearing earlier this year. Halfway through, though, he removed his collared shirt to reveal a white T-shirt on which he had hand-lettered the word "KILLER." The shirt wasn't even Lane's most antagonistic decision that day-when given the chance to make a statement, he turned to the crowd, flicked them off, and informed them that "This hand that pulled the trigger that killed your sons now masturbates to the memory. fark all of you."

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In all fairness, that's a pretty baller way to enter prison if you know you're going. He will get respect for being a crazy peckerwood.